My name is Cori Brantley and I am 24 years old. I was born in 1982, a year after Harry passed away. I never got the honour to meet Harry Chapin, and I wished I had. I would of loved to let him know that his Corey came, not long…
Well, it was April of 1978, (I just found the actual concert on your vast list of concert dates), and it honestly feels like yesterday, as they say. I was 24 years old, and I'm 52 today. My friend Laurel and I attended the show on the SMU (Southern Methodist…
I remember driving in my car during the summer of 1981 and hearing a traffic report mentioning a bad accident that closed the LIE. I thought nothing of it other than another terrible accident. On another station an hour later I made the connection as they announced that Harry Chapin…
It took me quite a while to get past the 'songs' themselves ... too many great ones to make it happenstance ... and find the deeper meaning in recognizing Harry Chapin's genius, that of being able to capture in brilliant lyrics and melodies the weight of circumstances with streams of consciousness from the mercurial sub-conscious. Thank-you Harry, where ever you…